(CHRISTIAN HEADLINES) – Some pastors are choosing to leave their churches because congregants are increasingly believing conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic and other world events.
According to Business Insider, in December, pastor Vern Swieringa left his church, the Christian Reformed Church in Michigan, after serving eight years. He said in 2018 some members of the church began sending him what he called “disturbing” QAnon videos.
When the coronavirus pandemic began, members of the church dismissed it as a hoax, which worried the 61-year-old pastor. His wife had battled pneumonia in 2019 and still had permanent scarring in her lungs. He said the church asked him to preach without a mask and instead offered to let him use a plexiglass barrier. "It was at that point when I put my foot down and said, 'I'm not going to preach in front of a congregation that wants to sing and not wear masks,'" Swieringa said.
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